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Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority & The DP World Tour
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2/15/2025
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It's amazing in Ras Al Khaimah to be hosting the DP World Tour in the Emirates for the
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second year in a row.
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Last year was such a big success, I mean it was a nail-biting golf tournament, but alone
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to be able to highlight all of the wonderful things that this Emirates gets to offer and
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to do it with this amazing weather, the greens look fantastic, the players seem to be having
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a great time, we're absolutely loving it.
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When you look at the Emirates and the growth that it goes, tourism is the fastest contributor
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to GDP in the Emirates and this will only continue to grow in the coming years.
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Tourism is a great factor that contributes to the livability of an Emirates and as you
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can see in the UAE, 12% of the country's GDP comes from tourism and as an oil-rich country
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that is a significant amount and the Emirates only further contributes to that.
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So Ras Al Khaimah is a very, very touristic destination.
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You have everything from the highest mountain in the UAE, Jebel Jais, where we've got the
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world's longest zipline, which is absolutely fantastic, the Jebel Jais flight, lots of
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adventure, hiking, nature experiences that are fantastic.
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Then when you get down to the coast, we have 64 kilometers of white sand beach, amazing
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hotels that do great accommodation, beautiful weather and then we've also got the desert.
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So the three topographies all come together and some of our nature reserves in the desert
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are fantastic where you get to see the oryxes and the camels and the deers all in wildlife
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merging together, but it's a great Emirate to truly experience some of the most wonderful
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enjoyments on a vacation.
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Golf is such a wonderful experience where the entire city comes together to be able
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to host it and we look forward to hosting the Ras Al Khaimah Championship for two more
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years but sports tourism doesn't just stop on golf.
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We're hosting the Rack Half Marathon in a couple of weeks.
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We also won the bid for the Mini Football World Cup at the end of the year, which we're
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very excited about and sports is a great part of an Emirate that provides sunshine, safety,
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security and just unbelievable experiences from the UAE cycling tournaments to the triathlons
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that we do and everything else, so we're quite excited about it.
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